- USER: Changed and extended plug-in loader (XQXSetupLoader.EXE)
- USER: optimized display structure of plug-ins for nearly all plug-ins (more sub folders etc.), together with a lot of plug-in filenames
- USER: fixed TONS of spelling errors
- MISC: Settings now stored below "Xteq Systems\X-Setup\CurrentVersion"
X-Setup Version 5.5
- Small Extreme Update :-)
- FIX: fixed bug that caused a GPF if X-Setup tried to instance an reboot or logoff on Windows 95/98 machines. However, the "Restart" command on Windows NT machines does still not work (the SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME privilege is not set)
- FIX: fixed bug that caused X-Setup to restore incorrectly when exited in "Maximized" mode
- FIX: fixed bug that displayed the wrong count of tools (old version also counted empty items, new version only counts items that have programs assigned)
- FIX: activated ToolTips in toolbar
- FIX: corrected wrong tab-order between TreeView, Plug-in and "Apply" button
- FIX: if a registry value is queried (e.g. with RegReadValue()), the key for this values is now opened with KEY_QUERY_VALUE and KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS instead of KEY_ALL_ACCESS. This allows non-admin accounts to "see" the actual values even if they only have "read" access to it.
- FIX: corrected bug that caused the selected item to lost focus inside Options -> Tools list
- FIX: if "Record Mode" is activated and X-Setup is about to be ended, it will now display a warning message about this issue
- PLUG-IN: support for Windows 2000 (GetWinVer() returns "4" in this case)
- UI: changed color for system critical plug-ins from yellow to dark orange (user demand)
- UI: display of plug-in name in title (user demand)
- UI: plug-in list now behaves more "Internet"-like
- UI: added "Read all (no cache)" option to force X-Setup not to use cache even if it's turned on - useful for plug-in developers
- UI: the "Wizards" menu is now sorted (based on UIPath property)
- UI: added icons to menu and pop-up menu for better usage
- ENGINE: added plug-in cache (%TEMP%\XQ_XSET_Cache_XPL_1) no cache: 23 seconds, with cache: 2 seconds
- ENGINE added wizard cache (%TEMP%\XQ_XSET_Cache_XWZ_1) no cache: 3 seconds, with cache: 1 second (OK, this isn't THAT big difference...)
- ENGINE: added logfile (%TEMP%\XQ_XSET_Logfile.txt) that logs all applied plug-ins and wizards. Useful for trouble-shooting.
- ENGINE: added 60 (!) plug-ins compared to X-Setup 5.0 and fixed at about 30 (mainly spelling errors)
- ENGINE: cached value of GetWinVer() because this function is used very often - faster execution
- ENGINE: support for "1 byte Plug-ins and Wizards" that can be used to replace older items so "Ghost Entries" are avoided
- ENGINE: internal changes (NeedRestart(), NeedLogoff(), Plugin/Wizard enumeration) results in less memory and faster execution [NOTE: no changes for plug-ins required]
- ENGINE: detailed error message if MS Script control is not registered - not just "Class not registered" anymore
- ENGINE: already include code to manage new "OSVersion" property (6.0)
- MISC: support for different users on the same machine. If X-Setup can't find a configuration for the current user, a default configuration will be applied (using REGEDIT.EXE)
- MISC: according to the new Windows 2000 app spec, X-Setup does no longer install anything to the \WINDOWS or \SYSTEM directory. The only exception to this is "XQXSetup.CPL" because it must be installed to \SYSTEM to appear inside the Control Panel
- MISC: added \Network folder with information and batch files for chain installation of X-Setup
- MISC: added FAQ to help (finally!)
X-Setup Version 5.6
- Major update to support user requests
- FIX: clicking on a button inside a wizard had no effect at all
- FIX: clicking inside the empty space of the tree view caused the last item to be activated again
- FIX: About Dialog Box displays "Xteq Common DLL %1"
- FIX: "Start Menu Tidy" is only included in Plus! 98 not in the standard Windows 98 package
- FIX: Changing the last item inside Options/Tools resulted in a GPF
- FIX: Automatic restart did not work on NT/2000
- XQCommon: Added "Previous" button to "Tip of the day" Window
- UI: if a plug-in had an error, the icon is no longer reset to "normal"
- UI: added "Edit" command to context menu of plug-ins
- UI: three icons are now used inside the tree view to distinguish normal, critical and the current plug-in
- UI: added "Reset config" button to Options window (Troubleshooting)
- UI: added "Copy path and name to clipboard" button to "Info" dialog
- UI: added lockergnome.com to Help Menu
- UI: added configurable font to options - FINALLY!
- UI: added version.ini that contains the current release of XSET (displayed in About Window). This file can easily be updated by a patch.
- ENGINE: if no path for a plug-in or wizard is specified, the common dir is automatically appended
- ENGINE: if an error occurs inside a plug-in or wizard, the filename is now also displayed
- ENGINE: Split all commands a plug-ins can use in different objects to improve stability (Note: To maximize performance, make sure that "Safe Mode" and "Record Mode" are off plus deactivate the option "note all actions to logfile")
- ENGINE: added option to log all actions X-Setup performs to logfile
- ENGINE: Added support for deleting registry values and paths when using "Record Mode". Thanks to MLL (http://mll02.cjb.net/) for pointing us to AXCEL216's (axcel216@aol.com) site that has found this trick.
- ENGINE: Wizards and Plug-ins now use a dedicated object (XQPlugin) that should speed up loading of the files to memory a little bit
- ENGINE: The "Tools" menu is now built by the file TOOLS.INI (\bin path) which is easier to update and also easier to maintence in case XSET is installed on a network share
- ENGINE: Each item inside the Tools menu can now include on which OS these tools are available. All items that don't match the current OS are automatically hidden
- ENGINE: Added search feature ("File"->"Search...") to locate plug-ins easily
- MISC: New installation, does no longer install anything to your \WINDOWS or \SYSTEM folder except "XQXSetup.CPL" to support the X-Setup icon inside Control Panel
- MISC: Moved all DLL, EXE etc. files to \bin subfolder. Also created *.EXE.LOCAL which will force Windows 2000 to load all these files directly from this folder, avoiding "DLL HELL" at all cost :)
- MISC: Created XQXSetupStart.exe as ONLY app that start directly to force various checks when launching X-Setup
- MISC: XQXSetupStart.exe now automatically fixes the ";" MSDOS.SYS bug in Windows 98. You original MSDOS.SYS will be saved MSDOS.SYS.FIXED
- MISC: X-Setup Wizards (*.XWZ) can now be imported to your \wizards dir by simply double-clicking them in the Explorer
- MISC: Updated NET_INST\remove.bat, registry entries of XSET are now also removed
X-Setup Version 5.7
- Update to fix bugs and support Windows ME
- FIX: Fixed "slow scrolling" bug inside Team Window
- FIX: Fixed spelling error in plug-in warning
- FIX: Corrected the form how XSET writes " chars to the REG file (Record Mode) - thanks to EM H [mailto:eivind_magnus@hotmail.com]
- FIX: Corrected the @ char for REG files (Record Mode)
- FIX: Corrected "VERSION never displayed" error inside X-Setup and X-Setup Loader
- FIX: Fixed error when MSDOS.SYS did not exist on Win 9x.
- FIX: Fixed error that XSET might activate the wrong plug-in when using Search feature
- MISC: Added more questions to FAQ list
- ENGINE: Support for Windows ME (GetWinVer() returns 5). Windows ME information: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsme/
- ENGINE: XSET now support values bigger than 2.147.483.648 (max is now 4.294.967.295) when reading or writing values to the registry using REG_DWORD
- MISC: Added desktop.ini to program folder
- ENGINE: Path where logfile (XQ_XSET_Logfile.txt) should be stored can now be configured
X-Setup Version 6.0
- Extreme Update!
- FIX: Fixed problem that external Programs (Tools) on Windows 98 and Windows 2000 appear in the background. Thanks to Peter van den Boogert (pcboog@xs4all.nl) for his very useful website (http://www.xs4all.nl/~pcboog/hobbies.html) to get the needed code for AllowSetForegroundWindow() and LockSetForegroundWindow()
- FIX: Fixed "too fast" scrolling bug inside Team Window (yep, opposite error to the one fixed in 5.7... :-)
- FIX: Hopefully fixed bug in Win98/WinME that sometimes caused 8+3 names to be used if a plug-in or wizard is double-clicked. XSET will now transfer all filenames to LFN by using GetLongFilename() from the Windows API. As this function does NOT exist in Windows 95, the bug might still appear in W95!
- FIX: Fixed a bug that RegValueExists() always returns FALSE for (Default) values on Win 9x machines
- FIX: Corrected bug that XSET always used TAHOMA font even if not installed on the current system
- MISC: Create X-Update for X-Setup, an application to update your plug-ins and wizards library from the internet
- MISC: Changed NET_INST\setup.bat and remove.bat as Windows 9x OSes don't like the %0 parameter
- MISC: Added link to allows users to download updated Lockergnome TIP File
- UI: Renamed "Tools" to "Programs"
- UI: Create application to access only Wizards (XQXSetupWiz.exe) and removed "Wizards" menu from default UI (XQXSetupUI.exe)
- UI: Made UI window bigger
- UI: Added "OS Version" to Item Information
- UI: Added File/View logfile option to view logfile
- UI: Changed layout of start.exe
- UI: Added "Delete Wizard" command to XQXSetupWiz.exe
- UI: Added File/View Statistics to menu
- UI: Added Overall version numbers to statistics (thanks to Robert M. Cohen [mailto:robertmcohen@hotmail.com] for the idea)
- UI: The Control Panel icon now starts "X-Setup Welcome"
- UI: Added message if plug-in was found using "Search" but could not be loaded because of the current configuration
- UI: Added feature to move to next plug-in using F8/CTRL+F8
- UI: Added "Extra" menu to XQXSetupUI.exe to get "File" menu smaller
- ENGINE: Create XQXSetupGlobal.exe which does now serve all options for any X-Setup client
- ENGINE: Moved Programs to XQXSetupGlobal.exe
- ENGINE: Logfile (XQ_XSET_Logfile.txt) is now stored inside X-Setup folder (c:\program files\x-setup\logs\) by default
- ENGINE: Included option to hide all system critical plug-ins (dummy mode :-)
- ENGINE: Finally supported "OSVersion"= property! (Plug-in is automatically disabled if OSVersion does not match)
- ENGINE: Added GetUIElementsCount() function; returns the "COUNT" property (useful for dynamic plug-ins)
- ENGINE: Added FileBackup() function: can be used by plug-ins to create backup; path is configurable by user; fails if file does not exist or can't be copied. FileBackup() will use the \TEMP drive PLUS it might use a different filename than displayed in Logfile or Safe Mode if Network Client is used.
- ENGINE: Added FolderCreate(Path) function to create a new folder (does not return an error if folder already exists)
- ENGINE: Added FolderDelete(Path) function to delete a folder (fails if directory is not empty or does not exist)
- ENGINE: Added FolderExists(Path) function that returns if a folder exists or not (Thanks to [totalxs@hotmail.com] for the FolderXXX commands idea)
- ENGINE: Changed function to generate logfile, logfile is no longer open EXCLUSIVE
- ENGINE: Added functions to retrieve all files in a folder - FileEnum(PathAndPattern) and FileEnumElement(Index)
- ENGINE: Added functions to retrieve all folders in a given folder - FolderEnum(Path) and FolderEnumElement(Index)
- ENGINE: Added check for XQXSetupGlobal.exe to start.exe
- ENGINE: Added RegValueExists(RegPath) function - returns TRUE if the RegValue exists
- ENGINE: Added RegValueType(RegPath) - returns the type of a registry value (same format as used by RegWriteValue() [1=String, 2=DWord, 3=Binary, 4=REG_EXPAND_SZ])
- ENGINE: Added more security checks for FolderXXX() and FileXXX() commands
- ENGINE: Added function: TxtOpen(FileName) -> open a file and returns how many lines have been read
- ENGINE: Added function: TxtClose() -> closes the file, does *NOT* save anything
- ENGINE: Added function: TxtSave() -> saves the file (can be called several times).
- ENGINE: Added function: TxtSaveAs(NewFileName) -> saves the file as a new file
- ENGINE: Added function: TxtGetLineCount() -> returns the current count of the loaded file (lines)
- ENGINE: Added function: TxtInsertLine(LineNumber,NewContent)-> insert a line with NewContent before the item LineNumber (e.g. "1" will insert it before anything else)
- ENGINE: Added function: TxtDeleteLine(LineNumber) -> deletes a line from the file
- ENGINE: Added function: TxtGetLine(LineNumer) -> returns a line from the file (note: any spaces before or after the line are deleted!)
- ENGINE: Added function: TxtSetLine(LineNumber,NewContent) -> replaces a line with NewContent, or appends it to the file if LineNumber=0
- ENGINE: Added function: TxtFindLine(TextToFind,MatchCase) -> returns the line with the content of TextToFind or 0 if the data could not be found
- ENGINE: Added option to collect statistics
- ENGINE: Added option to NOT display any plug-in that do not match the current OSVersion
- ENGINE: Changed cache engine AGAIN. Should now be fast and stable enough for the next two-three major releases (yes, I already said this a while ago :)
- ENGINE: Added "CONTACTURL"= property to plug-ins and wizards. This information is displayed inside the item information and can be used to link an URL
- ENGINE: Changed NeedRestart() and NeedLogoff() to NeedLocalRestart()/NeedLocalLogoff() [will be needed for Network Mode]. NOTE: This is only an internal change, no change in any plug-in required!
- ENGINE: Improved InputWindow() function -> Bigger Window
- ENGINE: Fixed bug with Plugin_Terminate() and "OSVERSION"= property
- ENGINE: Extended "UIPATH"= property, can either be "UIPATH"= or "UIPATH x"= (x=1..5), so one plug-in can appear in different places inside the UI
- ENGINE: Added IndicateSettingChange() function that can be used to force all programms to read all all settings again. NOTE: This depends on the app if it will actually do this!
- ENGINE: All XSET apps will now listen for the Windows message "WM_XQ_XSET_NEWITEM". If it is received, the app receiving it will re-read all items (plug-ins or wizards)
- ENGINE: Removed support for Plugin_DataChange() event and DataInvalid() function
- ENGINE: Added plug-in type "9", checked listbox
- ENGINE: Totally re-written the code for the connection PLUG-IN <-> UI, because of massive changes required for checked listbox
- ENGINE: Added DIRTY bit (UIElementsDirty) to IPlugin, which allows UI to react faster if there are changes made from the plug-in (no unnecessary actions anymore)
- ENGINE: Created SetUIElementEx(), GetUIElementEx() functions for setting TRUE/FALSE in a checked listbox
- ENGINE: Hopefully made the "Global Server Window in the background" problem disappear...
- ENGINE: XSET now supports REG_MULTI_SZ (Typ = 5) values. Thanks to kelleon@nnsk.sk for his posting on 1 Feb 2000 09:25:55 +0100 to http://www.elists.org/pipermail/delphi/2000-February.txt about how to handle these values (http://members.xoom.com/TOndrej/)
- ENGINE: Added "ADMINRIGHTS" property. If not set or ="0", the plug-in can also be run if the current use is not "Administrator". Check for this condition will be included in the next version of XSET.
X-Setup Version 6.1
- Update to fix bugs and support Windows XP
- FIX: Fixed FileBackup() function to not fail if a file beeing backup does not exist
- ENGINE: Support for Windows XP (GetWinVer() returns "6"). Windows XP information: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/
- UI: added support for Windows XP for "Programs" (Options)
- UI: added support for Windows XP for "Plug-ins information"
- MISC: Updated a lot of plug-ins to support Windows XP
- MISC: Added a lot of plug-ins that are especially for Windows XP and MS Office XP
X-Setup Version 6.2
- no specific reason for this update so far
- FIX: Spelling error inside plug-in error
- FIX: DefaultIcon entry for Plug-ins and Wizards didn't included full path or icon number
- FIX: Clicking in the empty space around an plug-in in the UI does no longer load any plug-in
- MISC: changed the Development IDE from Borland Delphi 5.0 to Delphi 6.0 (http://www.borland.com/)
- MISC: Added StartCHM.bat to /help folder that launches hh.exe for systems where .CHM is normally used by another program
- MISC: Added XQXSetupInfo.exe for displaying several information screens (non blocking), e.g. Item Information, Configuration, About Window, Team Window, Logfile, Stats etc.
- MISC: Added "WM_XQ_XSET_CONFIGCHANGE" message that indicates that the configuration has changed
- MISC: Text inside About box is now loaded from about.cfg
- MISC: Because many people still use XSET without license, a one-time nag-screen has been build that will remind the user about the LICENSE status of XSET
- MISC: Added "Favorites" function to Default UI - Favorites can be controlled using File -> Options. Thanks to Russell Henry [abcdefg@shreve.net] for the idea
- MISC: When activating a plug-in that has several UIPaths (using Favorites or the Search Window) a message is now displayed (inside Status Bar)
- MISC: XPL and XWZ files inside Explorer should now have different, newly designed icons
- MISC: Improved X-Update so several items can now be packed together into the same ZIP file without generating the old "file not found" error
- MISC: Tip index is not longer system-wide (stored in tips.ini), it is now a per-user setting which is stored in the registry - tips.ini has been renamed to tips.cfg
- MISC: Moved all CFG files to a new folder \cfg, which should allow better ACLs (if needed) in the XSET folder
- MISC: Tip Windows has now clickable (hot) links
- MISC: Created XQXSetupRegComp.exe which registers all COM applications of XSET. This is a last resort help if the COM Registration of SETUP has failed
- MISC: CSV files for X-Update can now have a field "Description" which contains a description for the item
- MISC: X-Update will now ask to launch Default UI on program shutdown when a download has taken place
- UI: Changed "Windows XP" to "Windows XP/DotNET Server"
- UI: Added "Selection" menu to UI that performs the same operations as the pop-up menu
- UI: Links inside the plug-in description, wizard description and comments (Item Information) are now hot and clickable
- UI: Enhanced URL display, is now also able to detect embedded URLs, for example [www.url.com]
- UI: Menu buttons inside XQXSetupUI.exe are now enabled/disabled, based on the current selection
- UI: "i" button is now disabled if no plug-in is selected
- UI: Finally fixed the "Menu jumping around at startup" bug (Hi Chris@lockergnome.com, hope you like that :-)
- UI: Added "Version History" to "Extras" menu, a little feature to compare the plug-ins of the current XSET version to an older version
- UI: Default UI, Wizards, Config and X-Update have also new icons
- UI: Create new UI for X-Update which should be better to use than the old one
- UI: If running on Windows XP and the new "Luna" UI is activated, X-Setup will use this new look
- UI: Tested all UI Elements on a machine with "Big Fonts" enabled, so the old "UI elements too small with Big Fonts enabled" should be gone now
- WIZ: Fixed several typos in Wizards
- ENGINE: Massiv internal changes so showing additional information does no longer block the UI
- ENGINE: Created XQXSetupRuntime.BPL that includes all UI/runtime components for XSET. This reduces the size for each XSET application by about 250 KB
- ENGINE: Removed XQCommon.dll from all files, reduces setup size by 500 KB
- ENGINE: All XSET apps are now build using VCL/RTL BPLs which reduces the size from 600 KB to ~ 100 KB for each XSET application
- ENGINE: Some people have reported that had problems using the "Edit..." command since some editors would like to have the file in "" quotes. This is now implemented
- ENGINE: Used new version checker toolbox for X-Update to detect updated (e.g. 1.85 to 1.85a) better
- GLOBAL: Moved information screens from XQXSetupGlobal.exe to XQXSetupInfo.exe which reduces memory footprint by about 1 MB
- GLOBAL: As soon as XSET is running, a Mutex (XQ_XSET_MUTEX) is created so from now on the setup knows when XSET is still running. This should prevent the common "File is locked" error when installing XSET.
- START: The start-up check is now much faster, since there no hidden windows generated as it was in 6.1
- START: The start-up check now displays only a step ID (e.g. "Step 1.1") and offers the user to view \bin\chkfail.txt which includes detailed instructions for every step. This should be more intuitive than the old solution
- START: X-Setup will no longer update its system settings on startup. These settings are now generated once by SETUP.EXE and then never again
- SETUP: XSET does now create system wide icons on setup.
- SETUP: If the user selectes to have the Control Panel Icon for XSET, SETUP will now use a registry setting on Windows ME and above instead of coyping the CPL file to \WINDOWS\SYSTEM. This should remove the Control Panel Icon problems on these platforms.
- SETUP: if XPL or XWZ files should be associated with X-Setup can now be configured during SETUP because of problems with RealPlayer (XPL = eXtended Play List). Thanks to dj-egg@onebox.com for reporting this issue
X-Setup Version 6.3
- Update to fix bugs and add more plug-ins
- FIX: "i" button was enable directly after startup
- FIX: "i" button was enabled after re-reading all plug-in and plug-in was activated before
- FIX: "i" button stayed enabled when deleting a plug-in
- FIX: Fixed spelling error inside the Welcome window
- FIX: Fixed spelling error inside the Favorites menu
- FIX: Fixed spelling error inside X-Update
- FIX: When a plug-in was deleted, it remained active inside the window
- FIX: When a plug-in had more than one UI path, and was deleted, the other UI paths remained inside XSET
- FIX: Hopefully fixed the "RichEdit line insertion failure" that popped up as soon as RICHED20.DLL Version 5.40 or higher was installed. Thanks to Peter Below (TeamB) (100113.1101@compuXXserve.com) for his posting in "borland.public.delphi.vcl.components.using" at "2002-05-13 11:34:03 PST" which pointed us in the right direction
- MISC: The X-Setup Control Panel icon will now be listed in the category "Performance and Maintenance" when using the "Category View" of Control Panel in Windows XP and upwards
- MISC: Included new icon (xset2.ico) for X-Setup from Lim Chee Aun
X-Setup Version 6.4
- This version number was skipped since many Asian users associate the number "4" with the word "Death". A lot of users have told us to skip this version, so we did :-).
X-Setup Pro Version 6.5 Beta 1
- Xteq X-Setup relaunched as Xteq-dotec X-Setup Pro
- new Website http://www.x-setup.net/
- MISC: Removed the Lockergnome.com Tips Index since lockergnome.com now also offers RSS feed which will suit most people much better than a pre-compiled CHM file
- MISC: Included new icon (xset3.ico) for X-Setup from Lim Chee Aun
- Support for Windows Server 2003 inside the Programs section
- OS Version detection has been rewritten to be faster plus also support new OSes (e.g. Longhorn). Any version of Windows, that is not known is now handled as Windows 2003
- GLOBAL: Changed the display of Message Boxes, so the internal Windows version of this command is used which displays localized descriptions on the buttons
- GLOBAL: Changed OK/Cancel and Yes/No Messages Boxes to use the internal Windows version of this command so the buttons will have localized descriptions
- FIX: Used new method for getting the current active XSP application. This will fix the bug that messages sometimes appeared behind the current application.
- ENGINE: Changed shell execute functions to use FormatMessage(), so localized error messages are now displayed instead of the hard coded English messages
- ENGINE: The handling of the internal GetXSPBasePath() (Retrieves the path where XSP is installed) function has been completely rewritten. Instead of 10 different implementations there is now only one which is cached. Since this function is called around 400 times in a normal session, this should speed up XSP a little bit.
- START: dcXSPStart.exe now includes the step "A1" which checks if GetXSPBasePath() is working correctly and results in a directory that is existing.
- MISC: Renamed all files from XQXSetup... (Xteq X-Setup) to dcXSP... (dotec X-Setup Pro)
- MISC: The title of XSP is now read from SYSTEM.CFG (System_AppName1/2). Basically this is not interessting for normal users but if you want to change the title of XSP go and patch system.cfg :-)
- MISC: The file list for dcXSPCompReg.exe and dcXSPStart.exe are now retrieved from SYSTEM.CFG
- SYS: Changed global windows message from WM_XQ_XSET_xxx to WM_DC_XSP_xxx
- MISC: Moved Default font names and default editor (Reset Configuration) to SYSTEM.CFG. If your installation of XSP is used by many users, you can change System.CFG so everybody is using the same font, given that he/she has not changed it using dcXSPConfig.exe
- INFO: Moved tips.cfg from \cfg to dcXSPInfo.exe (resource strings) for better localization
- INFO: Redisgned Tip Of The Day window so we do no longer have blue hyperlinks on blue background (this makes perfect sense :-)
- UI: Created more Categories inside the Configuration Dialog for easier access
- UI: Changed the Tab Control inside the XSP Configuration to a left-handed Treeview. This should allow a better and faster selection of the category you wish to change.
- MISC: CHKFAIL.TXT now uses the /go/ redirector service of x-setup.net to avoid broken links. Since the download URLs from microsoft.com change often, they are now all saved on x-setup.net so we can check them regularly.
- MISC: CHKFAIL.TXT can now be localized using the format CHKFAIL-<LANGUAGE>.txt. If the localized version can not be found, it will default to CHKFAIL-EN.txt
- MISC: README.txt can now be localized using the format README-<LANGUAGE>.txt. If the localized version can not be found, it will default to README-EN.txt
- MISC: LICENSE.txt can now be localized using the format LICENSE-<LANGUAGE>.txt. If the localized version can not be found, it will default to LICENSE-EN.txt
- UI: The Favorites -> Manage... link inside the UI now takes you directly to the "Favorites" section of config.exe
- UI: The Programs -> Manage... link inside the UI now takes you directly to the "Programs" section of config.exe
- UI: Added "Simple Tree view navigation" to imitate the Windows Explorer behaviour of automatically closing folders on the same level inside a tree view
- UI: Changed plug-in display area to allow more text on controls
- UI: Redesigned description area inside UI.exe
- EXEC: Redesigned entire start screen for the new XSP design
- WIZ: Wizards will now ONLY do an auto-apply if there were changes inside the plug-in. It looks like that a auto-apply (regardless if something has happened or not) lead to more problems than it solved.
- WIZ: Changed the picture inside the Wizards application
- WIZ: dcXSPWizards now have a system close button in the upper right corner
- UPD: Renamed "X-Update for X-Setup" to "X-Setup Pro Automatic Updates"
- UPD: Moved Options for Automatic Updates to main Config Screen, xupdate.ini has been trashed
- UPD: Main download sites are now read from system.cfg and no longer hard-coded
- FIX: Extended change detection inside the XSP control so scrolling inside an edit control does no longer cause a change event (important for Wizards)
- UI: Redesigned About window
- ENGINE: The filenames of the cache files are now retrieved from system.cfg
- FIX: The cache files XSP uses are now deleted from %TEMP% on uninstall
- SETUP: Added simple update check so people can directly check if XSP is updated or not
- SETUP: Added an "Info" button for debug and advanced information about the setup file
- UPD: Patched HTTPGet component so HTTP Status codes are now working and returned
- UPD: Now all downloads are checked for HTTP Status 200/OK or the download is declared erroneous
- UPD: Auto Updates now checks if a downloaded ZIP file is also used for a different plugin/wizard and reuses the downloaded ZIP file. Thanks to Eswar Santhosh [mailto:eswar_santhosh@mailandnews.com] for the idea!
- UPD: Changed a lot of log text entries so it is easy to understand what XSPAuUp does
- UPD: The "Start Update" command is no longer enabled if either the update list is empty or if no selection has been made
- UPD: Implemented a basic view which hides all details from the user and perform the update with only one button click
- FIX: Clicking the "Reset Configuration" button inside Config did not close the config application
- FIX: Clicking the "Reset Configuration" did not cause XSP to reload the configuration
- ENGINE: XSP is now able to read and write registry values that include the "\" inside the value name. The only thing that needs to be done is to replace the "\" inside the value name to "\\". Please note that it is not possible to have registry paths with "\" inside the name (try regedit.exe if you do not believe us :). Many thanks to Slava [jobvonzuhause@everyday.com] for the idea!
- SETUP: Added an option to create a shortcut link for the quick launch bar
- SETUP: Redesigned the COM Registration process which takes places during setup. Now the program dcXSPCompReg.exe does the COM registration instead of the setup program itself. This will hopefully set an end to the KERNEL32 errors that sometimes appeared on Win 9x computers during setup.
- UI: Redesigned all icons in UI with 256 colors
- UI: Added system colors checker. If XSP detects a system with not more than 8 bpp, it will disable all icons and instead display only the text on the toolbar and inside the menu
- UI: Replaced TMainmenu and TToolbar with Toolbar2000 from jrsoftware.org since we had to much problems on Win95/98 machines with the original components
- UPD: Changed format of updates files located on the server to a XML format.
- UPD: User can now specify up to two additional sites where Auto Update should search for updates
- ENGINE: External Programs can now also be localized by using the lang\trans-tools.<LANGUAGE> file
- UPD: A browser redirect command (xsp:redirect) can be specfied inside the XML file (1st Upd Site from system.cfg only), that opens directly a browser window when found. This will mainly be used for "this application is out-of-date" messages.
- UPD: The newest version of XSP (xsp:appver) is now specified in a XML file that is automatically download. When a new version is available, the user will be informed.
- MISC: Renamed "Default UI" to X-Setup Pro Classic
- MISC: Renamed "Configuration" to "Options" (dcXSPConfig.exe)
- UPD: The list of remote items does now include an "Date" field which defines when this item was added to the list. Thanks to Stephen Cockle [mailto:scockle@eol.ca] for the idea.
- UPD: The list can now be sorted by simply clicking on the header of the list in advanced view
- START: Readme, License and help file will no longer cause start.exe to close
X-Setup Pro Version 6.5 Final 1
- FIX: Corrected "Description can't hold entire text" scoll-bar missing bug inside Classic UI- thanks to atltimesys.
- FIX: Corrected "PopUp menu missing on NT 4.0" bug inside Wizards - thanks to Neulander.
- FIX: Completed helpfile (-> mc▓)
- FIX: Setup created registry path "TOD Number" instead of a value with the same name
- FIX: Setup created registry path "Language" instead of a value with the same name
- FIX: Removed empty "lockergnome" folder in X-Setup Pro install folder
- PLUG: Added a lot of plug-ins
- MISC: Changed internal Appname from dcXSP to xqdcXSP
- UI: Version History and Search dialogs will now both fit on a 800x600 display. Thanks to Brian Smither for the idea.
- SETUP: Installation version check is now activated by default
X-Setup Pro Version 6.6
- FIX: Fixed different color of configuration area when using Windows XP with themes applied in Options dialog
- ALL: Updated Development Tool from Delphi 6.0 to Delphi 7.0
- PLUGINS: Added "Virtual Paranoia" as new folder in X-Setup Classic. This folder lists all error reporting, GUID sending, hijackers places and other "behind your back" stuff
- SETUP: The cache files for plug-ins and wizards will now be delete on install so XSP is forced to rebuild them on first startup
- ENGINE: Changed SePrivilegeXXX handling so an error message (localized) is now displayed if aquiring a privilege does not work
- SETUP: Old Borland 6.0 VCL and RTL BPL files will be delete on install since XSP now uses the 7.0 version of these files
- UPD: Removed HTTPGet and replaced with HTTP component from Indy Project (Version 9.0)
- UPD: Fixed "cut off" status line
- UPD: Added more status messages about the download process that will be written to log file
- OPTIONS: Removed current option tab
- ENGINE: Changed log file handling - logfile will now only be created or written if there is actually something to log and not on every startup of XSP
- UPD: Added HTTP Proxy support
- ENGINE: Layed foundation for support for HKCU Registry Redirection to HKLM
- OPTIONS: Totally changed XSP options handling from external COM Server (dcXSPGlobalSrv.exe) to internal COM DLL (dcXSPSettings.dll)
- ALL: Changed resulted in 4 MB memory saving when running XSP
- ALL: Since the new DLL does not trigger the SCM of COM which takes some time, XSP start up has been accelerated
- OPTIONS: Changed options are now directly saved to the registry as a change happens
- OPTIONS: Created new registry value "Item Info PoP" to allow inter-application item exchange (PoP=Push Or Pop)
- COMPREG: Added addtional error messages (localized) when registering a COM DLL does not work
- SETUP: Old dcXSPGlobalSrv.exe will be deleted on install since it's no longer needed from now on
- OPTIONS: Moved favorites from favorites.ini to registry path "Favorites" so installing a new version of XSP will not overwrite your favorites. Thanks to john godfrey for the idea.
- OPTIONS: If no favorites are found, favorites.cfg will be used as a template and the entries will be written to the registry
- OPTIONS: Moved programs from tools.ini to registry path "Tools" so installing a new version of XSP will not overwrite your defined programs
- OPTIONS: If no programs are found, tools.cfg will be used as a template and the entries will be written to the registry
- OPTIONS: For those that are interested, "lwx" means "Last Write indeX"
- OPTIONS: Made several changes to reflect the changes with the new settings options
- MISC: XSP will now set all windows of itself to x=10/y=10 on the screen if no window position is found in the registry. This will stop the "XSP appears anywhere on screen" problem
- UI: Changed the default cursor inside the tree view to a normal mouse pointer. The cursor will now only change when actually hovering over an item. Thanks to squeeky!
- START: Updated Start.exe to check for XSPSettings object instead of XSPGlobalSrv
- ENGINE: Implemented function to redirect HKEY_CURRENT_USER changes to a different user than the logged on ("Load user registry..." in UI)
- ENGINE: Implemented a window where all users of the current machine can be easily selected instead of always browsing to the NTUSER.DAT file
- ENGINE: Each time registry loading is activated or deactivated this will be noted to the lofile if logfile level is 2 or higher
- ENGINE: Updated some of the logfile messages
- UPD: Failed to implement the HTTP/407 Proxy Authentication used by some proxys (e.g. Proxy+). No idea what the problem is.
- ENGINE: Removed some references to "dotec" inside the text strings
- ENGINE: Removed Restart/Logoff commands from Options and moved it to plug-in object (internal change only, no plug-in changes needed)
- ENGINE: Implemented new read-only options that will tell if the last registry write function was applied to HKCU, HKLM or both
- UI: Added a new indicator to the status bar which will show to which registry path the last change has been applied. Usr = HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Sys = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- UI: If a user or computer registry file is loaded, XSP will now show <XXX file loaded> in its title bar
- UI: A startup check will be performed if either a user registry or computer registry is still loaded and XSP will try to unload this automatically
- ALPHA 2:
- ENGINE: Own user account will no longer be shown in "Load user registry file" (thanks to CptSiskoX)
- ENGINE: If loading of one file for "Load computer registry files" will fail, the other file will be automatically unloaded
- MISC: Finished BartPE Enabler application (dcXSPBPEEnabler.exe). With this application it's possible to allow X-Setup Pro to be used from within BartPE. Finally a bootable CD with full X-Setup Pro support. Thanks to rthsw and Jager-Bomb for the idea!
- ALPHA 3:
- FIX: Fixed team window to be readable again by replacing component (thanks to CptSiskoX)
- MISC: Finished BartPE Support to read now all settings from system.cfg
- START: Added BartPE Enabler in start.exe
- MISC: Added registry flag to BartPE plug-in: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Xteq Systems\X-Setup Pro\CurrentVersion\BartPE Active" (REG_SZ)
- UI: UI will now display a warning text when it detects that it is running on a BartPE created CD-ROM and urge the user to use the "Load computer/user registry file" commands
- START: Start will now automatically start the Classic UI when it detects that BartPE is active
- UI: When BartPE is active, UI will not display the Tip Of The Day window
- Beta 1:
- MISC: Renamed "plug-in/s" into "plugins"
- MISC: Fixed window size error within BartPE Enabler if small fonts are activated
- HELP: Added new features to description inside helpfile
- Beta 2:
- FIX: Fixed bug when reading REG_MULTI_SZ values that contains zero length strings
- FIX: Fixed reading the wrong NTUser.dat file when using the "Load user registry" function. Thanks to roman!
- ENGINE: Enabled help buttons inside "Load user registry" and "Load computer registry"
